Breadfruit Institute

Breadfruit: Artocarpus altilis

Reading List

SELECTED READINGS ON BREADFRUIT.


Captain Bligh & Breadfruit

THE BOUNTY. THE TRUE STORY OF THE MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY. 2003. by Caroline Alexander. Viking.

RETURN TO TAHITI: BLIGH'S SECOND BREADFRUIT VOYAGE. 1988.
by Douglas Oliver. University of Hawaii Press.

VOYAGE OF THE PLANT NURSERY, HMS PROVIDENCE. 1791-1793.
1977. Dulcie Powell. Economic Botany 31:387-431.

MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY. 1932. by Charles Nordhoff and James N. Hall. Little Brown & Company.

A VOYAGE TO THE SOUTH SEA. FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONVEYING THE BREADFRUIT TREE TO THE WEST INDIES IN H.M.S. BOUNTY. 1792. by William Bligh. George Nicol, London.

 

Nutritional Composition

SENSORY EVALUATION OF FRUIT QUALITY AND NUTRITIONAL COMPOSITION OF 20 BREADFRUIT (ARTOCARPUS, MORACEAE) CULTIVARS. 2006. by Diane Ragone & Catherine G. Cavaletto. Economic Botany 60(4):335-346.

FOOD PROCESSING METHODS INFLUENCE THE GLYCAEMIC INDICES OF SOME COMMONLY EATEN WEST INDIAN CARBOHYDRATE-RICH FOODS. 2006. by P.S. Bahado-Singh, A.O. Wheatley, M.H. Ahmad, E.Y. St. A. Morrison, & H.N. Asemota. British Journal of Nutrition 96:476-481.

PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF BREADFRUIT (ARTOCARPUS ALTILIS) SEEDS COLLECTED FROM THREE LOCATIONS IN EDO STATE, NIGERIA. 2006. Joseph O.I. Obasuyi & Smart O. Nwokoro. Pakistan Journal of Nutrition 5(3):212-214.

FURTHER ANALYSIS ON MICRONESIAN BANANA, TARO, BREADFRUIT AND OTHER FOODS FOR PROVITAMIN A CAROTENOIDS AND MINERALS. 2003. by Lois Englberger, William Aalbersberg, Praveen Ravi, Evelyn Bonnin, Geoffrey C. Marks, Maureen H. Fitzgerald & Jane Elymore. Journal of Food Composition and Analysis 16:219-236.

NUTRIENT COMPOSITION OF TARO CORMS AND BREADFRUIT. 2000. Alvin S. Huang, C. Alan Titchenal & Brien A. Meilleur. Journal of Food Composition & Analysis 13:859-864.

THE BREADFRUIT FROM COLOMBIA--A DETAILED CHEMICAL ANALYSIS. 1997. by Jairo Quijano & Gabriel J. Arango. Economic Botany 33(2):199-202.

WORLD NUTRITION--THE GREAT BREADFRUIT SOURCE. 1994. by Kathie M. Dalessandri & Kathryn Boor. Ecology of Food and Nutrition 33(1/2):131-134.

COMPOSITION OF THE BREADNUT (SEEDED BREADFRUIT). 1983. by Edna Negron de Bravo, Horace D. Graham & Miquel Padovani. Caribbean Journal of Science 19(3/4): 27-32.

COMPOSITION OF BREADFRUIT. 1981. by Horace D. Graham & Edna Negron de Bravo. Journal of Food Science 46(2):535-539.

 

Breadfruit in Hawaii

HAWAIIAN BREADFRUIT: ETHNOBOTANY, NUTRITION, AND HUMAN ECOLOGY. 2004. by Brien A. Meilleur, Richard R. Jones, C. Alan Titchenal & Alvin S. Huang. College of Tropical Agriculture & Human Resources, University of Hawaii.

THE BREADFRUIT COOKBOOK. 2002. by Fae Hirayama. Handworks, Kapaa, Hawaii.

 

Breadfruit in Tahiti

PLANTES UTILES DE POLYNESIE RAAU TAHITI. 1986. by P. Petard. Haere Po No Tahiti. Papeete.

BREADFRUIT OF TAHITI. 1928. by Gerrit Parmille Wilder. Bulletin 50. Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu.

 

Breadfruit in Pohnpei

BREADFRUIT AND ITS TRADITIONAL CULTIVATION AND USE ON POHNPEI. 2009. by Diane Ragone & William C. Raynor. In: Ethnobotany of Pohnpei: Plants, People, and Island Culture. Michael J. Balick (ed). University of Hawaii Press. Honolulu.

THE IMPORTANCE AND USE OF BREADFRUIT CULTIVARS IN POHNPEI, FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA. 2007. by Adelino S. Lorens & Lois Englberger. Acta Horticulturae 757:101-107.

HISTORY OF PLANT INTRODUCTIONS TO POHNPEI, MICRONESIA AND THE ROLE OF THE POHNPEI AGRICULTURE STATION. 2001. by Diane Ragone, David H. Lorence & Timothy Flynn. Economic Botany 55(2):290-324.

INDIGENOUS AGROFORESTRY OF POHNPEI 1. PLANT SPECIES AND CULTIVARS. 1991. by William C. Raynor & James H. Fownes. Agroforestry Systems 16(2):139-157.

 

Breadfruit in the Caribbean

BREADFRUIT RECONNAISSANCE STUDY IN THE CARIBBEAN REGION. 1977. by C.L.A. Leakey. CIAT/InterAMerican Development Bank.

AN OVERVIEW OF BREADFRUIT (ARTOCARPUS ALTILIS) IN THE CARIBBEAN. 2007. by Laura B. Roberts-Nkrumah. Acta Horticulturae 757:51-60.

 

Production, Yields, and Marketing

BREADFRUIT IN JAMAICA; A COMMERCIAL & HORTICULTURAL PERSPECTIVE. 2006. by Seymour A. Webster. Port Antonio, Jamaica.

A MANUAL FOR THE GROWING AND MARKETING OF BREADFRUIT FOR EXPORT. 2005. by Natures Way Cooperative (Fiji) Ltd., Fiji.

FRUIT AND SEED YIELDS IN CHATAIGNE (ARTOCARPUS CAMANSI BLANCO) IN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO. by Laura B. Roberts-Nkrumah. Fruits 60(6):387-393.

GROWING AND MARKETING BREADFRUIT AS A COMMERCIAL CROP. 2002. by Ministry of Agriculture (MAFF) Fruit Tree Development Project, Samoa.

SEASONALITY AND YIELD OF BREADFRUIT CULTIVARS IN THE INDIGENOUS AGROFORESTRY SYSTEM OF POHNPEI, FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA. 1993. by James H. Fownes & William C. Raynor. Tropical Agriculture (Trinidad) 70(2):103-109.

 

Post Harvest & Handling

A REVIEW OF POSTHARVEST STORAGE TECHNOLOGY OF BREADFRUIT. 2007. R. Maharaj & C.K. Sankat. Acta Horticulturae 757:183-191.

GROWTH, MATURATION AND RIPENING OF BREADFRUIT, ARTOCARPUS ALTILIS (PARK.) FOSB. 1998. by Desmond B. Worrell, C.M. Sean Carrington & Donald J. Huber. Scientia Horticulturae 76:17-28.

THE SHELF-LIFE OF BREADFRUIT STORED UNDER AMBIENT AND REFRIGERATED CONDITIONS. 1990. by R. Maharaj & C.K. Sankat. Acta Horticulturae 269:411-424.

 

Breadfruit Products

MICROBIOLOGICAL, PROXIMATE ANALYSIS AND SENSORY EVALUATION OF BAKED PRODUCTS FROM BLENDS OF WHEAT-BREADFRUIT FLOURS. 2008. by O.A. Olaoye & A.A. Onilude. African Journal of Food Agriculture, Nutrition and Development (online) 8(2):192-203.

COMPARATIVE DISINTEGRANT ACTIVITIES OF BREADFRUIT STARCH AND OFFICIAL CORN STARCH. 2008. S.A. Adebayo, E. Brown-Myrie & O.A. Itiola. Powder Technology 181:98-103.

COLOUR AND SENSORY CHARACTERISTICS OF FRIED CHIPS FROM THREE BREADFRUIT (ARTOCARPUS ALTILIS) CULTIVARS. 2007. by Keisha T. Roberts, Neela Badrie, and Laura B. Roberts-Nkrumah. Acta Horticulturae 757:225-231.

FORMULATION OF AN INFANT FOOD BASED ON BREADFRUIT (ARTOCARPUS ALTILIS) AND BREADNUT (ARTOCARPUS CAMANSI). 2007. by F.C. Nelson-Quartey, F.K. Amagloh, I.N. Oduro, and W.O. Ellis. Acta Horticulturae 757::215-223.

COMPOSITIONAL CHARACTERISTICS AND SENSORY QUALITY OF BISCUITS, PRAWN CRACKERS AND FRIED CHIPS PRODUCED FROM BREADFRUIT. 2003. by Taiwo O. Omobuwajo. Innovative Food Science and Emerging Technologies 4:219-225

PROPERTIES OF EXTRUDED PRODUCTS FROM BREADFRUIT FLOUR. 2001. by Carmen Nochera & Gary Moore. American Association of Cereal Chemists 45(10):488-490.

 

Breadfruit for Animal Feed

REPLACING IMPORTED ENERGY FEEDS BY STORAGE OF EXCESS BREADFRUIT AS OUT-OF-SEASON PIG FEED. 2008. by James Currie & Kalwin Kephas. USDA SARE Project Report.

POTENTIAL OF BREADFRUIT MEAL AS ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCE TO MAIZE IN DIET OF BROILER CHICKENS. 2006. by K.S.A. Adekunle, A.O. Fanimo, S.S. Abiola & Y. Akegbejo-Samsons. Journal of Poultry Science 43:241-249.

A NOTE ON THE USE OF BREADFRUIT MEAL (ARTOCARPUS INCISUS) AS A FEED INGREDIENT FOR BROILER CHICKENS. 2002. BY C.C. Atuahene, A. Donkoh, D.M. Anang & J. Boateng. Journal of Animal and Feed Sciences 11:331-346.